Improved clothes-wringer



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H. G. FOLGER, UF WADSWORTH, OHIO.

Y IMPROVE!) CLOTH ES-WR'INGER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 48,545, dated July 4, 1865.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, H. G. FOLGER, of Wadsworth, in the county of Medina .and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Wringers; and I do V hereby declare that the following is a i'ulland complete description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichf Figure l is a top view ofthe wringer.

Fig. 21s a side view. Fig. 3 is anend view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views. A A'represent the end pieces ot' the wringer,

vfastened at the lower end to lugsl', whichl are secured to a cross-piece, G. Between-theV end pieces, at the top,'there is a bracepD, that extends through the end pieces, and catchesup ontothem by a lip, and forms a shoulder on the inside, as shown and indicated by the dot- I .ted lines a'in Fig. 2, firmly holding the upper part of the end pieces in place and preventing any lateral movement. The end pieces form a.

' box inclosed at the ends and sides, vin which are placed the journal-boxes that forni thebearings of the rubber-rollers E and F. The bearings c ot' the lower shaft are stationarygbut the bearings boi lthe upper .shaftareh allowed to slide up and down, `according to the amount-l of. pressure between the rollers. 'Ou the top l of the journal-boxes or bearings b rest the ends of the spring S, which consists of two metallic pieces in cont-actat the center, from whichv at the same time produces the required amount of pressure upon the rollers.

It will be observed that the sides oi' the end pieces extend out beyond the width of the bearin g's b and c, as .indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. One object of this is to protect the end of the rollers and to prevent the clothes from catching in around them.

To the lugs B are pivoted clamps G, formed l as represented, one part, g, of which extends downward, that lits on the outside ot' the tub, and the other part, g', is 'curved outward, to which is pivoted, at p, a lever, L. On the upper part of this'lever are ratchet-teeth h, into which a pawl., h', catches, that is pivted to a lug, n, on the clamps G, whereby the lever is held in any position in which it is placed, the lower ends oi' the levers pressing against the inside 4of the tub. By these devicesthe wringer can be readily fastened on atub-of any size, for as the clamps Gare pivoted to the lugs B B theycan be adjusted either way, as indicated by the dotted lines m in Fig. 1, to suit the cir*- cumference ofthe tub, and the levers L can be adjusted according to the thickness oi' the sides of the tub, heilig held in place against the inside hy the pawls, as before stated.` This arrangement for connecting the wriuger to the tub' being so adjustable in every way, whereby7 4 the wringer can be fastened on a tub of'. any size, as described', possesses many advantages over any other arrangement for a similar purpose iu ordinary use.

Whatl claim as my improvement, and de- I sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' The above-described arrangementof the adjustable clamps G, levers L, pawls h, .arm B,

end pieces, bearings b, springs S, and brace' D for the purposes set forth.

HENRY G. FOLGER.

Witnessesz W. H. BUErieTDGE, A.W. McGriieaLaNn. 

